Outside Eden: A Harper Jennings Thriller

Harper Jennings #4

by Merry Jones

When Harper Jennings' geologist husband is invited to participate in a global symposium on water, she and their baby accompany him to Israel. While in the Old City of Jerusalem, Harper sees an American in trouble. Because she's with the baby, she doesn't intervene. Later, she finds out he was murdered. When she's invited to take part in a dig fifty miles away, she accepts, thinking it will be safer away from the city. But Hagit, the nanny she hires to watch the baby disagrees, saying that the evil eye is to blame, and that it follows Harper wherever she goes. This is a story of cults, Biblical interpretations, international terrorism, and survival.

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013

About the author

AKA Merry Bloch Jones.

Merry Jones is a Book Excellence Award Finalist in Suspense (What You Don't Know), and a Best Book Award winner from American Book Festival (Child's Play.) She has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil. "If I don't write," she says, "over time, I get agitated and irritable, as if energy is building up inside and I have to let it out."

Accordingly, over the years, she has written a wide range of material, in a variety of styles and for diverse media. She began her career by spending about fifteen years writing and producing video and multi-media for corporate clients, but, when her second child was born in 1989, she decided to pursue her passion and began to write books.

Series:
* Zoe Hayes Mystery

Reviews

[Gita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this page-turning thriller, set in Israel. Contemporary themes provide the background to a compelling adventure that is both familiar in its personal details and fantastic in the exploits of heroine, Harper Jennings. A good read for a juicy escape.

[Marg Corjay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast paced, suspenseful. Very timely theme. Characters were interesting,complex, and believable.